{"product_id":"uncommon-people-hardcover","title":"Uncommon People - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMiranda Sawyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Miranda Sawyer interviewed Liam Gallagher in 1994, his gag wishing Damon Albarn would die of AIDS became front-page news all over the world. This fascinating pop history, exploring the moment British music suddenly meant everything, explains why. Picking out twenty key songs, delving into the surprising stories behind them and their unlikely creators, UNCOMMON PEOPLE takes us back to when Jarvis Cocker became a national hero, films like \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e were international hits, rave became what everybody did - and it felt like the revolution was happening. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInitially a mocking tabloid nickname, Britpop became an unexpected musical movement created by squatters, activists, students and kids barely out of school and their songs have proved timeless. Exploring the era's most definitive anthems - Oasis, Blur, Pulp, Manic Street Preachers, Suede, Chemical Brothers, Massive Attack, Garbage, Supergrass, Radiohead, Underworld, PJ Harvey, The Prodigy and more - Miranda Sawyer transports us back to the beating heart of the nineties, to relive the mad exhilaration of what it was like to hear these songs for the very first time - and what it was like to make them. Based on amazing new interviews with the leading figures, this book offers a backstage pass to all the most interesting bits of Britpop's Greatest Hits. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForget New Labour, forget earnest theories about trends, this book is all about the music, the people and being \u003ci\u003eright there, right now.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiranda Sawyer\u003c\/b\u003e has written about pop culture for the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e ever since they hired her to explain why Kurt Cobain's death was such a big deal in 1993. She has since interviewed everyone from Liam Gallagher to Irvine Welsh. She has also written for the \u003ci\u003eFace, Select, and Smash Hits \u003c\/i\u003eand won several awards. \u003ci\u003eThe Culture Show\u003c\/i\u003e's Music Correspondent since 2007 and a regular on Radio 4, she has made documentaries about the Spice Girls and even co-presented Big Mouth with Tony Parsons in 1996. Her first book \u003ci\u003ePark and Ride\u003c\/i\u003e explored the British suburbs, her second \u003ci\u003eOut of Time\u003c\/i\u003e exploded the midlife crisis, \u003ci\u003eUncommon People\u003c\/i\u003e takes us time-travelling back into the heart of 90s pop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.6 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773014966560,"sku":"9781399816892","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/56cfa68e58521b8da927213308788412.webp?v=1780418357","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/uncommon-people-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}